say that. The idea is a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence.* My dear Reader, what we like in religion is of very little consequence. The only question is—What is written? What saith the Lord? God’s thoughts are not man’s thoughts, and God’s words are not man’s words. God says of every living person, who is not a decided Christian,—be he high or low, rich or poor, old or young,—he is dead. In this, as in everything else, God’s words are right. Nothing could be said more correct, nothing more